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Valerie Vaz vs John Lamont

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,418 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,365 different votes 1,418 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
42 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 56 shared votes
16 Aye 40 No
12 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
94 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 157 shared votes
62 Aye 95 No
13 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
35 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
36 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
48.3% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
932
51.7% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
Appearances
154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
14
-131.9 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 649
Contributions
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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